FORT LEONARD WOOD

FORT LEONARD WOOD — An Army soldier attending basic training died from a massive rush of blood to his penis after firing the M2 .50-caliber machine gun for the first time. Pvt. Alvero Rojas was with all muscles pumped out for being so excited to fire the .50-cal,” said Private Stephanie Taylor. Witnesses stated that as Rojas began to fire the machine gun, he sprouted an erection which became so large it busted through the notoriously weak crotch seam of his ACU pants. Army medical officials listed his cause of death as priapism, described as “a persistent, usually painful, erection that lasts for more than four hours .Rojas fired his full combat load before passing out due to the lack of blood and oxygen in his brain.